N. assents.

G. And is this Laura’s glove? Look at it.

N. (nodding). It is.

G. Then tell me: did you bring it here? Could you

By any chance have dropped it here?

N. (disclaiming by gesture).I? No, sir.

I came to seek for Frederick.

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G. (to himself).What can this mean,

Unless to keep his rival out of the way?—